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Kelly Evernden

NZL Age 64 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1980–1994

Kelly Evernden represented New Zealand on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 31. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 122–130 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

31 (Nov 6, 1989)

Elo peak

1853 (77th percentile)

Singles record

122–130 (48.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$914,750

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Kelly Evernden's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jakob Hlasek #75	6-7(6) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 1994*	R32	ASB Classic	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Andre Agassi #22	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1993*	R64	New Haven	ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500	Hard
Jaime Yzaga #63	6-4 6-7(1) 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1993*	QF	ASB Classic	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Bryan Shelton	6-4 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1993*	R16	ASB Classic	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard
Jeremy Bates #108	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1993*	R32	ASB Classic	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

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Kelly Evernden's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Glenn Layendecker	3	5	8	Jan 11, 1990	H2H
Amos Mansdorf	2	4	6	Aug 25, 1990	H2H
Dan Goldie	4	1	5	Jun 22, 1990	H2H
Wally Masur	0	5	5	Nov 10, 1989	H2H
Paul Annacone	2	3	5	Oct 22, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Kelly Evernden singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1987	25	2	—	—	—	2	—	Brisbane International, Bristol
1989	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Wellington
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Kelly Evernden Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Amos Mansdorf #27 def. Kelly Evernden #94 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-5	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Kelly Evernden career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	18	1	1	2	50.0%	403	403
1982	20	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1983	21	0	1	1	0.0%	576	576
1985	23	17	11	28	60.7%	255	86
1986	24	2	12	14	14.3%	92	289
1987	25	29	18	47	61.7%	289	36
1988	26	16	24	40	40.0%	35	119
1989	27	30	18	48	62.5%	96	38
1990	28	15	23	38	39.5%	37	97
1991	29	4	13	17	23.5%	100	193
1992	30	5	5	10	50.0%	171	207
1993	31	2	2	4	50.0%	207	447
1994	32	0	1	1	0.0%	447	1,198
Career		122	130	252	48.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kelly Evernden career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1982	20	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1983	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	23	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	4	2	6	66.7%	17	11	28	60.7%
1986	24	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	12	14	14.3%
1987	25	14	10	24	58.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	15	4	19	78.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	29	18	47	61.7%
1988	26	6	14	20	30.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	16	24	40	40.0%
1989	27	19	11	30	63.3%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	30	18	48	62.5%
1990	28	11	16	27	40.7%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	15	23	38	39.5%
1991	29	1	8	9	11.1%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	4	13	17	23.5%
1992	30	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
1993	31	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1994	32	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	67	79	146	45.9%	4	9	13	30.8%	32	25	57	56.1%	19	17	36	52.8%	122	130	252	48.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kelly Evernden career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1980	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	10	5	15	66.7%	16	11	27	59.3%
1986	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	10	12	16.7%
1987	25	0	8	8	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	11	4	15	73.3%	11	3	14	78.6%	26	17	43	60.5%
1988	26	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	6	10	16	37.5%	9	9	18	50.0%	16	23	39	41.0%
1989	27	1	3	4	25.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	15	5	20	75.0%	25	17	42	59.5%
1990	28	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	5	9	14	35.7%	13	21	34	38.2%
1991	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1992	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	2	0	2	100.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
1993	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1994	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	18	19	5.3%	10	16	26	38.5%	41	46	87	47.1%	56	40	96	58.3%	108	120	228	47.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 228/252 (90.5%) of Kelly Evernden's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kelly Evernden advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1980	18	1505	94.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.75	—	1–0	—	+0.35
1982	20	1506	99.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.60	0–1	1–0	—	+0.46
1983	21	1495	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.06
1985	23	1669	127.8	—	—	—	—	-42	—	-11	57.3%	+0.65	7–5 (58%)	3–9 (25%)	99.0	+2.77
1986	24	1542	107.0	—	—	—	—	+14	—	+10	29.7%	-1.08	0–5 (0%)	3–6 (33%)	92.1	+0.12
1987	25	1794	142.6	—	—	—	—	-81	—	+54	56.1%	+0.41	11–2 (85%)	10–8 (56%)	113.4	-1.42
1988	26	1610	122.6	—	—	—	—	-6	-120	+142	47.2%	-0.39	4–12 (25%)	12–10 (55%)	94.1	+1.86
1989	27	1708	134.2	—	—	—	—	+12	—	+9	59.2%	+0.45	11–10 (52%)	11–10 (52%)	98.9	+3.49
1990	28	1616	119.1	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+78	39.8%	-0.81	7–8 (47%)	6–8 (43%)	96.2	+1.76
1991	29	1502	115.1	—	—	—	—	+23	-16	+183	27.9%	-1.28	1–4 (20%)	2–7 (22%)	93.7	+0.13
1992	30	1553	117.3	—	—	—	—	+8	—	—	54.5%	+0.18	0–2	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.03
1993	31	1575	114.3	—	—	—	—	-5	—	—	50.0%	+0.50	1–1	0–3 (0%)	—	-0.07
1994	32	1565	103.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.07
Career		1853	131.7	—	—	—	—	-8	-55	+55	49.3%	-0.08	42–51 (45%)	51–63 (45%)	94.5	+3.79

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kelly Evernden Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	23	R128	—	R64	R32	3–3 (50%)
1986	24	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1987	25	QF	—	R32	R32	8–3 (73%)
1988	26	R128	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1989	27	R64	—	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1990	28	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1991	29	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)	4–7 (36%)	13–21 (38%)

Masters 1000

Kelly Evernden Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	28	R64	R128	0–2 (0%)
1991	29	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 500

Kelly Evernden ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	IW	NAP	TKY	WAS	MIA	MIA	CAN	NEW	PHI	SYD	TOR	W-L Win %
1986	24	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	25	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1988	26	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R128	R32	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1989	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1990	28	—	—	QF	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	6–6 (50%)
1991	29	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	30	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	16–20 (44%)

ATP 250

Kelly Evernden ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	BRI	FLR	HKG	MTP	MEL	U.S	NWP	QUE	SEL	STO	STU	TKY	VIE	BRI	CHA	CHA	CHI	COL	DET	FOR	FRA	LIV	LOS	EAS	MEM	ORL	PHI	LIB	SAN	SCH	SIN	STR	SYD	SYD	TAM	TEL	WEL	WEM	W-L Win %
1980	18	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1982	20	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1983	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	23	R16	QF	—	F	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	14–8 (64%)
1986	24	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–9 (18%)
1987	25	—	R32	—	W	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	17–13 (57%)
1988	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	R64	—	R64	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	13–16 (45%)
1989	27	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	R16	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	R32	26–13 (67%)
1990	28	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R32	R32	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	9–11 (45%)
1991	29	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	3–6 (33%)
1992	30	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	4–3 (57%)
1993	31	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	11–11 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	9–3 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	9–3 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	4–2 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	7–3 (70%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	10–4 (71%)	0–2 (0%)	92–84 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 6, 1989

First Top 100

Oct 14, 1985

First Top 50

Sep 14, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kelly Evernden ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1980	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	403
1983	21	576	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	22	527	—	—	—	—	487	415	428	415	369	368	255
1985	23	218	225	222	221	197	167	162	144	120	91	92	86
1986	24	92	96	94	104	87	108	112	117	154	198	202	289
1987	25	151	122	128	127	130	66	61	52	45	33	37	36
1988	26	43	55	54	51	50	67	67	84	92	174	119	119
1989	27	89	88	84	71	76	69	65	71	65	34	38	38
1990	28	58	50	56	78	75	76	79	56	54	96	97	97
1991	29	102	121	122	119	120	120	122	219	226	205	195	193
1992	30	151	151	149	155	166	178	171	169	165	194	204	207
1993	31	240	234	242	260	258	292	311	328	337	432	438	447
1994	32	673	803	801	785	813	823	821	1193	1211	1222	1188	1198
1995	33	1218	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Kelly Evernden's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Horacio de la Pena	ARG	#31	1,833	358	185	173	51.7%	$1,234,768	4	1984–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Dickson	USA	#32	1,818	246	128	118	52.0%	$686,138	2	1981–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Sergio Casal	ESP	#31	1,794	250	112	138	44.8%	$2,100,495	1	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Bauer	USA	#29	1,786	166	75	91	45.2%	$611,891	3	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Pablo Arraya	PER	#29	1,821	337	168	169	49.9%	$723,086	1	1980–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Franco Davin	ARG	#30	1,856	305	153	152	50.2%	$1,101,560	3	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Marian Vajda	SVK	#34	1,784	270	120	150	44.4%	$756,646	2	1984–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Dan Goldie	USA	#27	1,855	239	122	117	51.0%	$682,152	2	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Diego Perez	URU	#27	1,824	408	195	213	47.8%	$1,042,224	1	1979–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Paolo Cane	ITA	#26	1,853	247	124	123	50.2%	$903,958	3	1983–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Javier Frana	ARG	#30	1,904	307	156	151	50.8%	$1,691,848	3	1986–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Leif Shiras	USA	#31	1,687	173	71	102	41.0%	$467,156	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kelly Evernden?: Kelly Evernden is 64 years old, born on September 21, 1961.
Which country does Kelly Evernden represent?: Kelly Evernden represents New Zealand in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Kelly Evernden?: Kelly Evernden is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Kelly Evernden left-handed or right-handed?: Kelly Evernden plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kelly Evernden won?: Kelly Evernden has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Kelly Evernden won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kelly Evernden's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Kelly Evernden won?: Kelly Evernden has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Wellington in 1989.
What is Kelly Evernden's highest ATP ranking?: Kelly Evernden's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 31, first achieved on November 6, 1989.
What is Kelly Evernden's career win-loss record?: Kelly Evernden has a career ATP singles record of 122 wins and 130 losses (48.4%).
How much career prize money has Kelly Evernden earned?: Kelly Evernden has earned at least $914,750 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kelly Evernden's career appear in TennisDB?: Kelly Evernden appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1980 through 1994.
On which surface does Kelly Evernden have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kelly Evernden's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 56.1% (32–25).
Who has Kelly Evernden faced most often?: Kelly Evernden's most frequent opponent is Glenn Layendecker, with a head-to-head record of 3–5 across 8 meetings.